Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Driving a stick shift used to be a rite of passage. Now? Finding someone who actually knows how to do it is getting harder and harder.
Kirk & Marianne talk about the disappearing art of driving a manual transmission, from stalling out on hills and learning the hard way to the people who still refuse to buy anything but a stick. With fewer than 25 new models in the U.S. still offering manuals, is the skill officially dying out?
Driving a stick shift used to be a rite of passage. Now? Finding someone who actually knows how to do it is getting harder and harder.
Kirk & Marianne talk about the disappearing art of driving a manual transmission, from stalling out on hills and learning the hard way to the people who still refuse to buy anything but a stick. With fewer than 25 new models in the U.S. still offering manuals, is the skill officially dying out?
